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Plectana venusta Banks. 



A few examples from Piinta Gorda, Febr., April; and Biscayne Bay, 

 ]\Iarch. 

 Epeira domiciliorum Hentz. 



Quite common at Punta Gorda, ]\Iarch; and Altoona, June and 

 July. 

 Epeira trivittata Keyserling. 



Common from Punta Gorda, Jan., Febr.; Miami, ]\Iarch; Biscayne 

 Bay, April; Jacksonville, April (Laurent); and Enterprise, April. 

 Epeira strix Hentz. 



A few specimens from Punta Goi'da, Jan., Febr. 

 Epeira labyrintliea Hentz. 



Common from Runnymede; Lake Worth; Punta Gorda, Febr.; and 

 Altoona, July. 

 Epeira wittfeldae McCook. 



Quite common at Runnymede; also at Biscayne Bay. 

 Epeira thaddeus Hentz. 



Recorded from Florida by Dr. Marx. 

 Epeira pratensis Hentz. 



A few specimens from Palm Beach, March; and Altoona. 

 Epeira balaustina McCook. 



Several specimens from Pimta Gorda, Febr.; Altoona; Biscayne 

 Bay, April; Miami, March; and Enterprise, April. Young specimens 

 are often strikingly marked with yellow. 

 Epeira gigas Leach. 



A few specimens from Altoona and Punta Gorda. 

 Epeira septima Hentz. 



One from Punta Gorda, Febr.; a species nearly related to E. gigas, 

 but distinct by shape and sexual characters. 



Epeira globosa Keyserling. 



Quite common from Altoona, July; Biscayne Bay, March and April; 

 and Miami, April. 

 Epeira floridensis n. sp. 



Cephalothorax pale 3-ellowish, Avithout markings, mandibles and 

 sternum same color, legs rather paler, faintly darker at tips of the tibise. 

 Abdomen covered with silvery irregular areas; two black dots, widely 

 separated, on the posterior part ; between them sometimes two gray 

 curved lines reaching toward the tip; sometimes the basal part of the 

 abdomen is covered with a large reddish-brown mark, darker in middle, 

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